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Sergey Lavrov, Marco Rubio
Europe

The US suggests it might dump talks as Russia escalates war

Rubio's ominous comments about the future of negotiations, coupled with Moscow urging US and European diplomats to leave Kyiv, spell darkness ahead

Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of 'cutting-edge' weapons
Europe

Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of 'cutting-edge' weapons

The war in Ukraine casts serious doubt on the wisdom of relying on unmanned military equipment

Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Europe

'Comrade Keir' or just (finally) rational UK energy policy?

Lifting sanctions on Russian energy products at a time when there is a Iran war-induced crisis is drawing the usual firestorm regarding loyalty to Ukraine

Ukraine drone attack
Military Industrial Complex

Militaries are drone-happy but populations are living in terror

What governments are hailing as the future, ordinary civilians from Ukraine to Congo call harbingers of death and destruction

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Middle East

Is the petrodollar a war casualty or death greatly exaggerated?

Washington has a choice between managing what is a shift away from US backed currency, or accelerating it.

Washington must act to defuse the Baltic powder keg
Europe

Washington must act to defuse the Baltic powder keg

Russian claims that Ukrainian drones are flying through Latvian and Estonian airspace are raising tensions around Kaliningrad